Utah Author Charged with Murder After Attempting to Alter Husband's Life Insurance and Poisoning Attempts.

Kouri Richins, a Utah woman accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl-laced drink, had tried to change his life insurance policy to make herself the beneficiary shortly before his death. The insurance firm alerted Eric to the change in time for him to reverse it. Eric ultimately removed his wife from the will altogether, but never told her. Kouri is also accused of assaulting her sister-in-law during a party she hosted just one day after Eric’s death. She has been charged with first-degree aggravated murder and multiple counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.